Use of chicken serum as a good replacement for the fetal calf serum in cultivation of promastigotes of Leishmania major

Genus Leishmania is a protozoan parasite that causes different severe diseases. Fetal Calf Serum (FCS) is the major part of the Leishmania culture media, for mass cultivation and the most expensive ingredient in these media. In the present work, the efficacy of chicken serum was evaluated in Leishma...

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Main Authors: Esmailnia, K., Habibi, Gh., Dalimi, A., Nasiri, V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute 2011-06-01
Series:Archives of Razi Institute
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Online Access:http://www.archrazi.com/browse.php?a_id=208&sid=1&slc_lang=en